Lax Her Essentials: Amy Appelt shows off the Apple Nano and Griffin Slap Watch in Her Workouts

IL and STX are proud to bring you a full line up of brand new content specifically for women. Lax Her Essential is a new feature focused on delivering you content for the player and by the player, covering everything from skill-building, lifestyle products, players' mindset and more.

This week's Lax Her Essential focuses on UMBC assistant coach, 2004 Tewaaraton award winner, 2010 women's U.S. National team member, a University of Virginia four-time All-American attacker and current STX women's team member Amy Appelt. Amy shows how your workout gear just became easier and lighter thanks to Apple and Griffin. Apple has recently released it's totally revamped its sixth generation iPod Nano and companies like Griffin are designing complimentary products that are changing the way we workout allowing us to look fab while doing so.

Let's face it — who really wants to carry a large iPod (or risk dropping it on the sidewalk) while jamming out to hot tracks and new beats? Run, lift and exercise with ease after slapping on your new Nano and enhance your workouts from here on out.

Apple ipod nano

Available in seven colors the Nano weighs .74 ounces has a 1.54-inch display with either 8GB or 16GB of memory. One of the most noticeable features in the new Nano is the FM radio capability. Check out some of the control features below.

Griffin slap watch

If you aren't already familiar, check out the Griffin Slap watchband for the iPod Nano. Simply slip the Nano into the large slot of the band, slap it on your wrist, queue up the music and you're good to go. The best part about the Slap is that you aren't stuck adjusting the size when putting it on, and taking it off is just as easy.

"Slap's flexible, spring-steel band is wrapped in soft silicone. Snap Slap open, then snap Slap shut around your wrist, comfortably self-adjusting to exactly your size. It surrounds your iPod nano with a frame of thick silicone that guards against bumps and jolts. Slap also protects the Dock connector and volume controls, but leaves the headphone port open so you can plug in and listen any time. And speaking of time, you can press the Sleep/Wake button through the frame to check the time or control iTunes." —Apple Store